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+> How does Euripides explore the impact that grief has on people and the various reactions?
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+1. Hecuba - represents women. Grief brings out her perseverence and hope.
+2. Cassandra -
+3. Andromache - mournful (husband, Astyanax)
+4. Chorus - suffering
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+Euripides shows how grief may bring out further perseverence and hope in individuals in response to horriffic events. This is evident through Hecuba's continued persistence through the "country of forgotten shadows", as she experiences tragedy after tragedy and is "stabed to the brain" by the Greeks.
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+Grief can also cause horrendous and perpetual suffering for those who experience it. This is
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+> How does Euripides condemn war?
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+- violence against women
+- men == bad ????
+- war impacts everyone (incl. women & children)
+- everyone loses
+- graphic imagery (e.g. Astyanax)
+- war challenges morality
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+The treatment of women is used in *Women of Troy* in order to condemn war.
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+> How does Euripides explore the power of women?
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+- powerlessness of women
+- use of sexuality (Helen)
+- rejection of stereotypical roles (Cassandra)
+- leadership to instill hope in others
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